East Point, city, Fulton county, northwestern Georgia, U.S., a southwestern suburb of Atlanta. Established as the eastern terminus for the Atlanta and West Point Railroad (completed 1853), it was an important defense post for the South during the American Civil War and was the site of forts and ammunition depots. Now industrialized, its manufactures include textiles, fertilizer, and metal products. Atlanta Christian College was opened there in 1937. Inc. 1887. Pop. (2000) 39,595; (2010) 33,712.

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constituent state of the United States of America. Ranking fourth among the U.S. states east of the Mississippi River in terms of total area (though first in terms of land area) and by many years the youngest of the 13 former English colonies, Georgia was founded in 1732, at which time its...

city, capital (1868) of Georgia, U.S., and seat (1853) of Fulton county (but also partly in DeKalb county), in the northwestern part of the state. It lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, just southeast of the Chattahoochee River. Atlanta is Georgia’s largest city and the...